Filtering material



G. W. MATSON. FILTERING MATERIAL. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 9, 1920.

1,411,975. I PatentedApr.4,1922. Q

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surname m nim To all whom it may concm:

3181 1111, New York, have invented a new and proved'Filtering Material,of which the following is a description.

My invention relates to a filtering material adapted to be made up insheets to be given any desired formeither flat, curved,

or rolled, etc.

The general object of the invention is to provide a laminated filteringmaterial which will be highly effective as a filtering medium and at thesame time will afford a desirable passage of a fluid therethrough sothat a filter equipped with said material will have a comparativelylarge capacity.

The nature of the invention and its advantages will moreclearly appearfrom the description and claims'hereinafter given.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis speci- 'fication, it being understood that the drawings are.merelyillustrative of one example of the invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective .view showing filtering. material embodying myinvention,

- which may consist of an the outer sheets being turned back to moreclearly show the intermediate layers of material;

Figure 2 is a cross section of the material before being compacted intofinal form;

Figure 3 is a cross section of the finished materiah In carrying out myinvention in practice two outer filtering sheets 10 are providedapproved sheet filtering material but pre erably said outer layers 10are composed of a sheet material made from cotton lint.

Associated with said outer sheets 10 I provide an intermediate sheet'llcomparatively stifl' composed of an intermixture' of lint, asbestos, andpulp, which in practice,

each outer sheet 10 I. arrange a layer of lint 12 laid in loose formwhich when the several laminae are compacted into a unitary. sheetSpecification of Letters Patent. Patented Apr. 4, 1.922 I Applicationfiled Earch 9, 1920. Serial No. 364,576.

fglti 1onto the opposed surfaces of the sheets With a. filteringmaterial made as described, the effective filtering of fluid may beobtained and at the same time thematerial isporous to a degree to permita comparatively free passage of the fluid therethrough.

The material may' be shaped as desired according to the purpose forwhich it is to be used or the nature of the apparatus with which it isto be associated.

I would state in conclusion that while the illustrated exampleconstitutes a practical embodiment of my invention, I do not limit--myself strictly to the mechanical details herein illustrated, sincemanifestly the same can be considerabl varied without departure from thespirit of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. As a new article of manufacture, a laminated filtering materialincludin outer sheets and an intermediate sheet, an layers of lintbetween said sheets .at opposite sides of the intermediate sheet, thewhole being compacted in the form of an integral sheet material.

2. As a new. article of manufacture, a filtering material 'comprising alayer of loose lint and sheets of filtering material at opposite sidesof said layer, the whole L being compacted.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a laminated filtering materialincluding a sheet of filtering material in which asbestos and lint areincorporated.

4. As a new article of manufacture, a laminated filtering materialincluding a,

1 sheet of filtering material in which lint and pulp are incorporated.

5. As a new. article of manufacture, a laminated filtering materialincluding a sheet of filtering material in which asbestos and pulp areincorporated.

6. As a new article of manufacture, a laminated filtering materialincluding a sheet of filtering materialsin which asbestos, lint and pulpare incorporated. I

7. As a new article of manufacture, a. filtering medium in the form ofsheet material in which asbestos, loose lint and pulp are incorporatedand compacted.

10. As a new article of manufacture, a filtering medium in the formofsheet material in which pulp and asbestos are incorporated andcompacted.

GEORGE W. MATSON.

